Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



FRANK KLOUSNITZER, OF HERMAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 2, 1908.

Application filed. July 6, 1907. Serial No. 382,535.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK KLoUsNiTZER, a subject of the Emperor-ofAustria, residing at Herman, in the county of Butler and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is aspeciiication, reference4 being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and theinvention has for its primary ob'j ect to dispense with the use of anordinary wooden tie or sleeper commonly employed for supporting rails.

Another obj ect of this invention is to provide a metallic tie of astrong and durable construction, to which the confronting ends of saidrails can be easily and quickly secured.

A further object of this invention is to provide a metallic tie thatcannot be easily displaced, the tie being constructed to allow water topass therethrough, without interfering with the road bed or foundationof said tie.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a metallic tiethat can be easily and quickly laid in a stone ballast and. on sand roadbed, thereby providing a tie that can be universally used, thus reducingthe eX- pense of maintenance in connection with a railroad and at thesame time securing perfect safety of the rolling stock passing over saidties.

Vith the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and then specifically pointed out inthe appended claims.

bars used in connection with the tie, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of apair of splicedbars, Fig. 5 is a plan view of a tie, in blank and Fig. 6is a perspective view of a tie particularly designed for sand or loamysoils.

I construct my improved tie of a sheet of metal 1 having reduced ends 2.The sheet of metal is bent to provide a tubular or cylindricalstructure, while the reduced ends 2 of kthe sheet of metal are bentdownwardly and constituting anchors which engage in the ballast of aroad bed or foundation of a rail- Way track. The sheet of metalpreviously to being bent into a cylindrical or vtubular form is punchedor drilled to form a plurality of apertures 3, adapted to receive boltswhich secure the splice bars to the tie.

The splice bars adapted to engage the outer sides of the rails 4 areformed by providing a semi-cylindrical sleeve 5 adapted to it upon thetie, the ends of said sleeve being apertured as at 6 whereby saidsleeves can be secured to the tie by bolts 7 and nuts 8 the said boltsextending through the apertures 3 in the tie. The sleeves 5 carryintegral saddle plates 9 and splice bars 10, the saddle plates formingseats for the rails 4, and the splice bars being apertured as at 11, topermit of nuts and bolts 12 being employed (for securing the confrontingends of rails 4 upon the saddle plates 9.

The splice bars used for bracing thek inner sides of the rails 4 consistof sleeves 14 having apertured ends 15 adapted to be secured to the tieby nuts and bolts similar to the bolt 7 and nuts 8 previously described.Formed integral with the sleeves 14 are splice bars 16 which areapertured as at 17 to accommodate the nuts and bolts 12 previouslymentioned.

The reduced ends of the sheet of metal are provided where the tie is tobe used in connection with a well ballasted road bed, but in case thetie is to be used upon a soil of a loamy nature, the reduced ends aredispensed with, and curved plates 18 are employed for forming asubstantial foundation for the ties, these plates constituting theanchor as Well as preventin the ties from sinking into the sand or loamygballasted foundation of a railroad track.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, itwill be observed that the ties can be easily and quickly formed, and theouter splice bars 10'secured thereto previously to the placing of saidties upon a road bed. The rails 4 can then be placed in position, andthe inner splice bar 16 secured to the ties to brace the inner sides ofsaid rails.

As illustrated the ties can be stamped and sheared from sheet metal andthen bent to the desired form, while the splice bars can be forged toprovide strong and durable means for retaining the confronting ends oftwo rails upon said ties.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, What I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination With rails, of atie consisting of a sheet of metal having reduced ends, said sheet ofmetal being bent to a cylindrical form with dependinoP ends, splice barssecured to said tie, sairI splice bars comprisin sleeves7 saddle platescarried by some of sail sleeves for supporting said rails, and means forsecuring said splice bars to said rails.

2. In a metallic tie and-rail fastener, the

combination With rails, of a cylindrical tie, splice bars secured tosaid tie, said splice bars 15 embodying sleeves, saddle plates carriedby some of said sleeves for supporting said rails, and means forsecuring said splice bars to said rails.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature 20 in the presence of tWoWitnesses.

FRANK KLOUSNITZER.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLoVITz, K. H. BUTLER.

